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Illustration for the Tactics article “Can fans really know more about tactics than a manager?”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing a scene illustrating the subject of the article, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Tactics
Can fans really know more about tactics than a manager?

Supporters now read the game better than ever. They still see only part of it, though. A…

3 Oct 2026 · Tom Whitfield
Illustration for the Tactics article “What can Jack Wilshere take from Arteta into management at Luton?”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing a scene illustrating the subject of the article, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Tactics
What can Jack Wilshere take from Arteta into management at Luton?

Jack Wilshere is now managing Luton Town, the club where he started as an…

3 Oct 2026 · Tom Whitfield
Illustration for the Tactics article “A viewer's guide to the tactical contest in France v Italy”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Tactics
A viewer's guide to the tactical contest in France v Italy

To read France v Italy as a tactical contest, look at three things in order: the shape…

2 Oct 2026 · Tom Whitfield
Illustration for the Tactics article “France against Italy: history, scheduling and the tactical problem”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Tactics
France against Italy: history, scheduling and the tactical problem

France against Italy is a senior international fixture between two of Europe's most…

2 Oct 2026 · Tom Whitfield